Molecular vs Conventional Microbiologic Diagnosis for Infections in Lung Transplantation

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The goal of this prospective study is to compare rapid molecular technique BioFire Pneumonia Panel Filmarray and conventional culture-based methods in the microbiologic diagnosis on bronchoalveolar lavage of lung transplant patients. The main questions it aims to answer are: * determine the microbiological concordance between molecular diagnostic and conventional culture techniques on donor's bronchoalveolar lavage before lung transplantation * determine the microbiological concordance between molecular diagnostic and conventional culture techniques on recipient's bronchoalveolar lavage, performed 72 hours after lung transplantation * determine the microbiological concordance between molecular diagnostic and conventional culture techniques in detecting molecular resistance patterns * determine the difference in time to microbiological results between molecular diagnostic and conventional culture techniques * determine time to clinical decision based on molecular diagnostic techniques compared to conventional culture techniques

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